"The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Punishment Quotes #Roots Quotes #Evil Quotes

“The camera can capture thought in a way that's quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in your work and communicate a lot with just a finger or an eyebrow, or a look, or a glance.”
“Don't pointless things have a place, too, in this far-from-perfect world? Remove everything pointless from an imperfect life, and it'd lose even its imperfection.”
“The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.”
“Civilized life exacts its toll.”
“If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.”
“Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.”
“My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.”
“I don't even think about the money when I consider roles, I turn it over to my agency. Money will come. I respect it but I don't thirst for it. I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.”

Source : "'Breaking Bad' Star Bryan Cranston on Walter White: 'He's Well on His Way to Badass'" by Merle Ginsberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 16, 2011.

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